There aren’t plans to launch an identical telescope. Perhaps the costs of manufacturing and testing are high enough that we might as well launch a different tel

There aren’t plans to launch an identical telescope. Perhaps the costs of manufacturing and testing are high enough that we might as well launch a different telescope with different capabilities? The Roman Space Telescope is a wide field instrument that is now under development and slated to launch in 2026 [1]. The Astro2020 decadal survey from the National Academies also recommended “a large (~6m diameter) Infrared/Optical/Ultraviolet space telescope” to observe exoplanets [2]. [1]: https://spacenews.com/nasa-selects-falcon-heavy-to-launch-roman-space-telescope/ https://spacenews.com/nasa-selects-falcon-heavy-to-launch-ro... [2]: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/26141/interactive/ https://nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/26141/interactive...